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PSG chase first win as Lille christen new home
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» Paris Saint-Germain head to Corsica to face Ajaccio on Sunday looking to register their first win of the new campaign after having to settle for a point against Lorient in their season-opener last weekend.
Typhoon Kai-Tak kills nine in Vietnam
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» At least nine people were killed, thousands of homes damaged and swathes of farmland flooded as Typhoon Kai-Tak swept across northern Vietnam, authorities said Sunday.
Sudan minister among 32 dead in Eid plane crash
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» A cabinet minister was among 32 politicians, generals and others killed on Sunday when a plane crashed on its way to Sudan's war-torn South Kordofan state for the start of Muslim holidays, state media and an aviation official said.
Plain packets loom but puff left in Tobacco Inc.
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» Health advocates declared a "brave new world of tobacco control" following Australia's historic packaging victory over the cigarette industry, but analysts warn that smoking is far from a dying trade.
WikiLeaks urges Sweden to rule out Assange US extradition
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» WikiLeaks on Sunday urged Sweden, which wants to question its website's founder Julian Assange over alleged sexual misconduct, to guarantee it would not extradite him to the United States.
David claims second Australian Open squash crown
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» Malaysia's Nicol David won her second Australian Open crown when she beat England's Laura Massaro in straight games Sunday, saying it was "heartbreaking" that squash was not in the Olympics.
AFC extends bin Hammam suspension
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» The Asian Football Confederation said Sunday it had extended the provisional suspension of scandal-tainted former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam by 20 days.
Wiggins to ride in Tour of Britain
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» Tour de France and Olympic champion Bradley Wiggins has confirmed he is competing in the Tour of Britain starting September 9.
Contaminated pickles kill seven in Japan
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» Seven people, most of them elderly women, died after eating pickles contaminated with E. coli in northern Japan, officials said Sunday, in the country's deadliest mass food poisoning in 10 years.
S.Korea ruling party votes for presidential nominee
AFP, Published on 19/08/2012
» South Korea's ruling conservative party voted on Sunday to decide its nominee for the presidential election in December, with the daughter of late dictator Park Chung-Hee widely expected to win.